Papal States

plural noun

the areas comprising a large district in central Italy ruled as a temporal domain by the popes from a.d. 755 until the greater part of it was annexed in 1860, by Victor Emmanuel II: the remaining part, Rome and its environs, was absorbed into the kingdom of Italy in 1870.

Papal States

the temporal domain of the popes in central Italy from 756 ad until the unification of Italy in 1870 Also calledStates of the Church

In the Papal States Napoleon stopped the Jews having to wear the Papal star.

Thereafter he commanded the advance guard of Victor's army which invaded the Papal States.

Throughout the existence of the Papal States, the Popes were monarchs and, as such, equals of all other monarchs.

A revolution in Naples would in all probability be followed by similar uprisings in the Papal States.

Cavour also feared that Garibaldi might invade the papal states, which would have led to further international complications.

Absurd tariff laws have up till now shut off the Papal States from the surrounding world.

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